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Proceeding contribution from Lord Bach (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 6 May 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on European Union (Amendment) Bill.


European Union (Amendment) Bill

I thought I had answered that question. I said there was a double lock. This is the first lock, of course. I do not think I used quite the same description of the EU Council as the noble Lord has just done. Heads of Government would first have to decide with unanimity that this is what they wanted. Then each country in the EU would have to go through its own constitutional arrangements, which in our case must surely involve some resolution of the House of Commons at the very least, before we could go down this road at all.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
701 c542 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Data protection European Union EU common foreign and security policy EU budget NATO EU defence policy Qualified majority voting
Legislation
European Union (Amendment) Bill 2007-08
Link
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